Well where do i start, about 5 years ago i heard about a 3 door cosworth that had been stod since 1996! Well i did what any rs chap would do and that was hunt it down and not walk away untill i owned it. Result.
It was only untill i got the car to its new home for a few years (a kind sister and bro inlaw) that i realised what i had bought. Time had taken its toll on the old girl and yet only having covered 70000 miles up till '96 thebodywork was what most would say reshell time.

I left her covered up for about 4 years and a little over 12 months ago moved her to work to see what i wanted or could do with her.

Well thats where it all starts , i got on the phone and purchaced 2 wings, 2 inner wings 2 sills , 2 head light repair panels a pair of mint doors and a mint tailgate and that was just for starters!

I dragged it down to my body shop and set to replacing these panels , painted all the closures and the insides of the doors and tailgate. She then came back to my work in november to have the floor to sills, iner sills, bot floor sides (where the sunroof drain tubes go through) and a few mechanical jobs done to aid moveability in and out of the booth for exterior paint.

The idea of this was due to the amount of blocking and sanding required to remove 3 different coats of paint off the car due to one of them being a culprit of micro blistering, advise from the painter was get it all off but pushing the old girl around was proving to be a pain!

Unfortunately i only have the pictures from when i started to lets say 'get carried away' and i think and hope they speak for themselves, obviosly you will see every nut and bolt was re zinced, every item powder coated or painted and anything new i could get i got, the engine was iffy i ended up rebuilding that too! i just wish i had before pictures, believe me i had no intension of doing this i just wanted it on the road, im trying my best to get it to national day but it was supposed to be finished for central but we all know how things drag on, well enought said enjoy!!!


































































some one put a cock in my engine!!!

 

well done mate ,you have done a real top job there

when do you hope to have her back on the road ?

 

Fantastic effort that pal.....

 

lookin good m8. what wheels you goin for?

 

looks lovely mate...well done!

 

thanks guys,

i was hoping for it to make central day this year but sometimes moving quick in a project like this isnt your descision so all i can hope for is national day , very fitting really if it does make it for its first rs show to be n/d and at its birth place!! As for the wheels its going to be totaly std as much as possible, the s/s exhaust is for noise mainly, and the bushes are poly items for a couple of reasons 1 the std trailing arm bushes are mega expensive and 2 std front bushes last five mins!!

ill get a couple of more pics up as it stands now as soon as i can

 

looks great

 

looks ace, bud. nice to see another saved from the spares heap

 

i dont think i would leave the 500 under their lol,is it yours aswell mate looks stunning and love the reg

 

wow,your doing a superb job

 

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i dont think i would leave the 500 under their lol,is it yours aswell mate looks stunning and love the reg [/QUOTE]

It belongs to a god mate of mine, its a screw op. 2 post ramp so it cant go any where unless you decide to lower it onto it and believe me my insurance wouldnt like it either!!

 

very nice work mate

 

Looking good sweet cheeks

 

Great work mate, keep it up

 

very good work done there.

 

Nice work mate, very well done

 

Looking good.

 

looking very nice keep up the good work

 

Top work mate.Its looking nice.

 

Great progress with the 3dr - loving that 500, looked awesome at Cumbria - love the detail in te engine bay, whats the spec as i noticed a Montune plaque on the rocker

 

the 500 is a beuatifull car has been built to a high std with quip to die for. Its got all the trick bits but tbh its about to have a little spec change so ill get the owner to post some info up etc as soon as its finalised!

still waiting to get mine down off the 2 poster to get a few more pics to update the thread but massive work loads means the space under neath is valuble work space but the lack of ramp in the workshop is hindering us no end so the sooner its of the ramp the more money we can make!!! catch 22!!

 

looks great mate, timing needs sorting?

 

well not much of an update really, bay stickers are on, and the car has been moved back to my body shop for final prep and paint, i have managed to get hold of a set of 3 door wheels caps and new locks so i have a set of borbets for sale now!!! heres a couple more pics:

 

also found a couple of old pics from when work first began on the car:













oh and the wheels ive picked up a set of 5 , all went to refurb shop last week and are done now ready to collect, ill put the pics up when i collect them they are superb!!!





and these are the chaps : www.wheelrepair.co.uk

 

looking good that tricky, get your header tank pas bottle and brake bottle through the dishwasher they come up like new and would really finish off the standard look under the bonnet mate

 

looks stunning


Brian

 

looks great, loving the diy valve cut outs in the pistons
Cant wait to see the rest painted!

 

lol i bought them s/h they have obvioulsy had a bit of contact, but my block was std and they were .5 so i had the block bored to suit each piston so it is bored to have the correct tolernence thus a cheeper engine build yet just as good as new pistons!!!

wheels are all done just need to collect them pics tomorrow night!!

 

well its been a long time since ive been able to get anything done on the car and last weekend me and my painter decided to get the car boxed off and in paint and in the next couple of weeks get the bits finished off and attached to the car so here is a couple of pics as she stands now!!









hope you all like!!

 

Very nice

 

looking good mate

 

Great work tricky!!

 

Its had a fair bit of work on it.Its looking nice and fresh now.

 

cracking job there mate looking great good to see another 1 saved!

 

nice one mate keep up the good work

 

Yeah valves have been hitting the piston
:-(

 

well done looks gr8

 

wow that is very nice to see from what it used to look like, credit to you.

 

Thanks for the comments it keeps you going in a funny sort of way so many times I've wanted to give up but I have to get it finished!!

 

dribble dribble, she looks fooking ace mate